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<div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Title:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Rhythm Changes (Evolution) </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Here&#39;s a lesson I wrote while teaching my Swing Guitar class at <a href="http://guitarintensives.com/">Guitar Intensives Camp</a> last year.</p>
<p>One wonders if George Gershwin ever imagined the countless variations, permutation and straight-up imitations his song &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve Got Rhythm&rdquo; was to spawn when he penned this classic tune in 1930. For a couple of years I&rsquo;ve been cataloguing a list of songs that use the basic progression in one form or another and my list is up to no less than 175 well known songs, including 25% of Charlie Parker&rsquo;s compositions, dozens of Do Wop standards and what seems to be just about every pop/rock hit of the last 15 years from Coldplay to Green Day.</p>
<p>The basic idea behind all of these variations is the art of chord substitution, which basically states that for every three note chord there are at least two other chords that can be substituted because they share at least two of the same notes e.g.: a G chord spelled (<strong>GBD</strong>) shares notes with Em (E<strong>GB</strong>) and Bm (<strong>BD</strong>F#). For chords with four or more notes there are as many as six rational substitutions.</p>
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</div>Examples 1shows the song with its most basic chords. The form of the song is the A section twice (8 bars 2x), the B section and finally one more A section, AABA. Because of the simplicity and repetitive nature of this first example I highly recommend singing through the song&rsquo;s original lyrics to keep your place.</p>
<p>Example 2 transforms the basic chords with jazzier harmonies. Example 3 adds some chromatic diminished chords (the C#dim substituting for A7, which can sub for the Am7) and some hipper, bebop style extensions, the 13<sup>th</sup> chords and the G7(#5) in particular.</p>
<p>Example 4 (demonstrating just the first A section) is a ridiculously busy, Freddie Green style, variation with a different chord on every single beat. I should point out that neither Freddie, or I, would ever play this busily to accompany another guitarist, soloist or singer, it&rsquo;s just too much movement&hellip;but it sure sounds great in a music store!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Here&#39;s a short video of me playing through the A section of a Rhythm Changes progression.&nbsp;</p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Julia Sinclair stopped by Beta Records for a Taylor Session. In this video, Julia goes through the chords, patterns and techniques she used to write her song, &quot;Lies.&quot;&nbsp;
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<div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Title:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Constant Strumming Technique with Nate Savage</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As guitar players strumming is our bread and butter. Having said that, there are a several simple things that we can do to make our strumming sound like a million bucks. In this series, I am going to show you a few of these simple things that you can apply to really kick your strumming up a few notches. We will start off by looking at several very fundamental, but often overlooked concepts and principles that you can use to make your strumming more professional, polished, and expressive. This first lesson is going to cover a couple of universal strumming tips that can benefit just about anyone.<br />
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The topic of guitar technique is pretty subjective, and every one&#39;s technique is different. Even though this is the case, there are a few good all-purpose technical tips that you can remember in order to get the most out of your strumming. The first thing that you want to remember is to relax. If you tense up when you strum, your motions will be less efficient and not as fluid as they could be. The next time you sit down to do some practicing, try to be aware of any excess tension that might creep into your playing. If you feel tense in your hand, arm, shoulder, neck or back stop for a second and take a deep breath. Relax and then start your practice back up again. Your practice session will be a lot more productive and you&rsquo;ll be able to play with much more fluidity.<br />
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The second thing that you want to remember is to not lock your wrist and just go for it. When you lock your wrist you tend to strum with your elbow. That can really hurt after a while! Make sure to use your wrist along with your arm when you strum. The idea is to get a kind of relaxed flicking motion from your wrist when you strum your guitar. As Beppe Gambetta says. . . &ldquo;you should pretend like you have a feather stuck on your finger with some honey and try to flick that feather off&rdquo;. This is a great motion to remember when developing a relaxed strumming technique.<br />
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Remember these two tips as you work on your strumming this over the next several months. This has been a really basic but super-important lesson. Applying the two basic tips presented here can help you stay injury free and give your strumming a very fluid sound. In the next lesson of this series we will look at a simple exercise that you can use to start developing your timing when it comes to strumming.</p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Wayne Johnson, a Grammy-winning guitarist and Taylor Guitars product specialist, explains how to weave independent thumb and finger picking patterns together to create Latin-flavored rhythms with percussive effects. This video accompanies Wayne&rsquo;s written lesson from the spring 2012 issue (Vol. 71) of Taylor&rsquo;s quarterly publication, Wood&amp;Steel&nbsp;and can also be found in the&nbsp;Lessons and Tips&nbsp;section of the site.&nbsp;
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">You don&rsquo;t have to be the world&rsquo;s greatest strummer to make great sounding music. In fact, if you can play a simple strumming pattern solid and in time it will make you sound like a real pro. In this lesson on strumming we are going to take a look at a simple exercise that will help you develop your overall sense of timing.
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